Carolina Outfitters White Water Rafting — Hotel in Robbinsville

This was my first time here and nerve-wrecking, but we were here for the birthday girl's 50th birthday wish. Half of us ladies had never done white water rafting before. There were 2 guides for our crew with 2 different rafts. Jeremy helped trained us on how to raft and what to do if we or someone were to fall. Our raft had Jeremy and our friends had the other guide, Dale (an older gentleman). Jeremy was awesome! He helped give us a brief history of all the landmarks and even popped a few corny jokes here and there. I felt like we were the fun raft b/c the other raft seemed very quiet. Heard from the other ladies later on that they didn't have any brief history commentaries and Dale didn't really converse with them unless he was asked a question. So glad we got Jeremy...stating so, we were extra super glad we had him b/c our friend fell off the raft!!! She couldn't swim either and due to the way the currents were, she had to glide down with the water while we quickly move the raft to where she was. Everything we learned went out the door. Jeremy dropped her once or twice while the rest of us were hit with thick tree branches, breaking them with our backs, heads, and ears...it was scary, but Jeremy saved the day and was able to safely pull our friend back into the raft. It was very scary and honestly, I will never white water raft again even though our guide was a professional and awesome. I never wanted to do it and this would be the last time. With our last "bump" before the end of the river, I fell off my seat into the raft and couldn't even get back up. Yep, no more for me, but thank you to Jeremy and Carolina Outfitters for an experience never to forget! You're a cutie, but nope,...

My seven friends and I went on the guided Nantahala River rafting trip on Sunday for our friend's birthday adventure. There were eight of us total, therefore we separated into two rafts. Four in each raft. We were hoping that we could all be in one raft but it could only fit up to six people not including the guide.

We had Jeremy and Dale as our guides.

My raft had Jeremy as the guide. He was professional, knowledgeable, and had a great sense of humor.

Dale was a little quiet according to my friends but was very skillful. My friends were in good hands.

While on our guided rafting I fell off the raft. Everything happened so quick. I didn't panick because during our orientation, Jeremy had went through the steps on what to do if that were to have happened.

Jeremy was quick to help guide me to get to an area where it was safe for him and my friends to rescue and get me back on the raft. Everyone was scared and worried because I didn't know how to swim. Thanks to the safety training, I was prepared and was able to remain calm.

The scenery was absolutely beautiful! We definitely had an adventure, ALRIGHT!

Everyone at Carolina Outfitters were very nice and friendly. I am so glad I was able to experience this with my friends. Thanks to Jeremy for saving my life, which allows me to write this review. I would recommend everyone to give it a shot but would recommend wearing all the gears including the helment.

Other than that, have fun, explore and enjoy the breathtaking scenery of Nantahala...

Me and my family had an absolutely amazing time. We did the full day expense and it was worth it. We had Toni as our guide and she was awesome. We got stuck one time for an hour from helping someone who had fallen off from another company. She handled it well especially it being an unknown area with trees everywhere blocking us in. Two guides from other companies helped us with a z drag and we were able to get the guy back on his own boat. We had fun and Toni always gave us plans if we were to fall out. I fell out of the raft one time and it was in the Olympic section everyone including people from other companies were on shore helping out and making sure I was ok. Everyone was very encouraging and even came back to me during lunch and made sure I was okay and even joked around about it. While waiting before the trip everyone was nice to me and my family and we got there early. While I waited there was this really nice little girl(Mia) and I played with her while I waited. Overall a great experience. I would definitely recommend. And ask for Toni because she did a great job. If you want to do the full day, go on Sunday! You don’t have to rush through and you get to surf and play around more. Thank you to all the workers for making our vacation more memorable and giving us some great stories to tell when...